Safety attachment for jewelry.



Witnesse I by Attorneys E. H. HAHNEPELD.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR JEWELRY.

APPLICATION IILBD J LY 10, 1911.

1,019,788, Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Inventor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST H. HAHNEFELD, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HANS STOCKMEIR, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR JEWELRY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 10, 1911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Serial No. 637,838.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST H. IilAnmnuiLn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Safety Attachment for Jewelry, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to safety attachments for jewelry, such as scarf pins, brooches, buckles and the like, and has for its object to provide convenient, effective and simple means for securing such articles in position on the wearer to prevent the accidental displacement or unwarrantable removal by malicious persons.

A further object is to provide means for locking the device in position and for conveniently releasing same.

With the above and other objects in view the invention is embodied in the novel arrangement, construction and combination of parts as hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, and in which,

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a scarf pin with the attachment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the scarf pin and its at tachment secured thereto, showing the attachment in open or unlocked position. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 1 1 of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the attachment comprises a base plate 7 shown as being elliptical in contour, having a stud 8 on one end thereof and a notch or concaved recess 13 in the other end and near the edge thereof, and a wire arm 9 having an eye 12 at one end mounted on the stud 8 and'the other end thereof curved about the stud at its center to form a pointed bill 10 and also having a globular knob 11 soldered or otherwise secured thereto on the outer side of the joint between the said arm and bill. When the arm 9 is swung the knob 11 is adapted to spring into the notch 13 by the resilient action of the arm 9 to lock the bill in position. Then by pressing the knob 11 outward the same is readily disengaged to bring the bill to open or un locked position.

In the drawings, the attachment is shown as applied to a scarf pin, the base plate 7 being soldered or welded to the head 6 of the pin. The stem of the stick pin is shown at 5, being spaced from the head 6 at its upper end and bent toward the same to be soldered or otherwise rigidly fixed thereto near the upper end thereof. The base plate 7 is secured to the head 6 with the stud 8 adjacent the butt end of the stem 5 and one edge adjacent the edge of the head 6 to bring the notch. 13 adjacent the edge of the head.

In use, the stem 5 is inserted into the tie, scarf, or the like, as is customary, the bill 10 being raised or in open position, and when in place the bill 10 is swung downward in under the stem 5 and weaved into the tie, scarf or the like, and the knob 11 engages the notch 13 to lock the bill in place. In this manner the scarf pin is securely held in position and the attachment is arranged in back of the head of the scarf pin thus dispensing with any unsightly protuberances from the back of the head. To remove the scarf pin the knob 11 can be conveniently pressed outward by the fingers to release same from the notch 13 and the bill 10 being swung upward allows the stem to be freely removed.

This device can be likewise applied to various articles such as brooches, belt buckles, and the like as will be apparent from the above description. The attachment is preferably secured to such articles by soldering same thereto or by welding, although it is understood that other methods within the scope of the appended claims can be used. This device when used serves as a protection from the loss of valuable jewelry and is compact and simple in its construction.

Having described the invention What is claimed as new is 1. A safety attachment for stickpins, comprising a plate adapted to be secured to the head of the pin and having a notch in one edge thereof adapted to be brought adjacent the edge of the head, an arm pivoted to the plate having a curved bill to swing under the stem of the pin and having a knob adapted to engage in the said notch to lock the bill when swung under the stem, and the said knob being arranged to be pressed by the fingers to release the same and swing the bill.

2. The combination with a head and a stem secured thereto, of a plate secured to the said head having a notch therein adjaing a bill curved therefrom to swing under the said stem and having a knob on the outer side thereof adapted to engage the said notch when the bill is swung under the stem and to permit the knob to be pressed by the fingers to release same and swing the 10 bill.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ERNST H, I-IAHNEFELD. Witnesses:

WVILLIAM W. ROLLINS, I-IANs STOOKMEIR.

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